Our trailer would never survive a winter campout but it sure sounds like fun.
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I once knew a man who lived in a TT for a few years. He used kerosene to heat. A tank of fuel would last about 12 hours in his heater and kept the TT plenty warm, but kerosene was a lot cheaper then.
I guess your main questions are going to be if you have shore power available or not?
I frequent the Sunline Owners Forum quite often, and there is a couple on there that spent last winter in their Sunline in IL & IN. He listed a Lengthy Post about what they went through to keep their Travel Trailer comfortable in those nasty temperatures.
It would be worth a look to see what you have to go through. He did have Shore Power available 99% of the time which I think is a must if you're going to be living in it for an extended period of time.
I know we have boondocked in some freezing temps for a few days, and our tank heaters kill our four 6-volt batteries pretty fast. Running the heater along with the tank heaters will drain them in one day, even with full sun!!
Good Luck, funny to post this in the middle of the summer while most are sitting in a lawn chair with sun screen on...LOL
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Folks with far more RV experience than me have posted about the issues of keeping black tank and possibly fresh system from freezing in winter camping. For me that's no issue, as I don't use the commode in winter camping, and my fresh system is all in the heated cabin.
I'll confess I'm mystified as to the concerns over keeping the TT cabin warm. If you have a space heater and shore power it will be fine, even toasty. I do it under generator power, even electric heating, but I don't recommend this to the un-insane. For nights, I recommend an electric blanket, this puts the heat exactly where you want it, and saves considerable power.
I've done a good bit of winter camping and this was the first winter I even had the benefit of walls and a roof--my first TT. Believe me, ANY "3 season" TT while be plenty warm. Plumbing, that's another issue. But I've never put a skirt around my TT, and for that matter I've never dressed my hound dog up in a petticoat, either.
thanks for all of your replies, sounds like this could be interesting. I have not found a place to park it and havent even really looked; I won't know till the end of this week if I will be heading that direction or not. I just wanted some more experienced campers input. I am 23 and have owned a trailer barely over a month so I am still pretty green to the whole camping world.
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